Nehemiah 13:3

Good News Translation

When the people of Israel heard this law read, they excluded all foreigners from the community.

Cross References

Ezra 10:11

Now then, confess your sins to the Lord, the God of your ancestors, and do what pleases him. Separate yourselves from the foreigners living in our land and get rid of your foreign wives.”

Ezra 9:2

Jewish men were marrying foreign women, and so God's holy people had become contaminated. The leaders and officials were the chief offenders.

Nehemiah 10:28

We, the people of Israel, the priests, the Levites, the Temple guards, the Temple musicians, the Temple workers, and all others who in obedience to God's Law have separated themselves from the foreigners living in our land, we, together with our wives and all our children old enough to understand,

Psalm 119:11

I keep your law in my heart, so that I will not sin against you.

Psalm 119:9

How can young people keep their lives pure? By obeying your commands.

Exodus 12:38

A large number of other people and many sheep, goats, and cattle also went with them.

Proverbs 6:23

Their instructions are a shining light; their correction can teach you how to live.

Numbers 11:4

There were foreigners traveling with the Israelites. They had a strong craving for meat, and even the Israelites themselves began to complain: “If only we could have some meat!

Romans 3:20

For no one is put right in God's sight by doing what the Law requires; what the Law does is to make us know that we have sinned.

James 1:27

What God the Father considers to be pure and genuine religion is this: to take care of orphans and widows in their suffering and to keep oneself from being corrupted by the world.